Clip for securing together the covers and ribs of umbrellas



July 26, 1938. J. A. MAXWELL, JR 2,125,073

CLIP .FOR SECURING TOGETHER THE COVERS AND RIBS OF UMBRELLAS Filed March 8, 1937 JFK; a. 7.

Slum/wag Patented July 26, 1938 2,125,078

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLIP FOR SECURING TOGETHER THE COV- ERS AND RIBS OF UMBRELLAS John A. Maxwell, Jr., Lancaster, Pa.

Application March 8, 1937, Serial No. 129,747

2 Claims. (01. 13536) Where fastening of umbrella covers to the rib ferred to in a claim, must not be taken as limitbetween the top notch and the tip of the rib is ing my invention as defined in such claims. desired, these fastenings should be inconspic- Fig. l is a view of the lower side of the cover uous, readily and quickly applied and should be of an umbrella illustrating the general positionpermanent, and unlikely to be disrupted by the ing of my device on the ribs and cover. Fig. 2 opening and closing of the umbrella or by wind. is a perspective of my device open before it is I have devised a clip that fulfills these condiapplied to the umbrella cover. Fig. 3 is a detail tions, and requires for setting into place only a showing the side of my device that lies in posislightly modified standard staple setter and tion toward the cover with the staple ready to 1 pliers. The standard umbrella is composed of be set to fasten the clip to t febrie- 4 is a gores that are subst nti lly triangular, The like view of the clip with the staple driven into most acute angle of the gores lies at the top its fastening p s t n holding t p to t e notch, The gores re e d t h th t fabric of the umbrella. Fig. 5 shows the clip in their sides forming, beyond the line of the engagement With the stapling p e 6 is stitches, a fell, or allowing the two strips of a cross section through the cover a d p, 15 material beyond the line of stitches to project with staple in fastening position holding p t unfelled downward from the lower side of the fabric and the p closed 7 S a V ew cover. The third side of these triangular gores 0f Clamping P ie s for closing clip around frame forms the periphery of the umbrella, and is finished by a selvage or hem, or other finish that The clip has a P Of clamping leeVeS 3, 20 111 prevent fraying that embrace the rod 2, when the clip is secured My device is intended to hold the cover to the permanently to the Before the Clip is prib, part way b t th top notch and t end plied to the umbrella these arms are spaced from of the rib, in such a way that the connection beeach other, leav a Space between e edges tween these two parts is very permanent, secure, of these leaves Wide enough to allow 25 and not disruptable by any reasonable us My the rib to be passed between them. The clip has device is much more readily and quickly applied at i side w y f the opening between the to fastening together the rib and cover than any edges a, the Openings TheSe Openings previous connection heretofore made between are each large enough in e r to r e ve t them. The device also does not have an offen- Side arms 0f the Staple that, before D 30 sive appearance but is inconspicuous, as it fits ing through the holes p through the P closely and smoothly around the rib, and the tiehe 7, 0f the Cover a lie bey d t e means by which it is attached to the cover are Beam 9 y Which the Or S 0f the Cover are completely or alm t hidd Th t 1 united to form the complete cover. The back I9 ing the ribs may be polished or have the same of the Staple lies against the fabric- In mOSt 35 color d t t as t rib, and, by its use the umbrellas the portions 1, I, of the cover fabric appearance f the lower side of the cover is are folded over on each other to form a fell, such proved over what it would have been if the preas is Shown a 15 marked as Whole and so viously used means were employed for Securing afford a particularly firm anchor for the back I9 together the rib and the cover partway between of the Staple because the arms pass twlce 40 through at least one gore. The arms 6, 6, pass the top notch and I'lb tip. The instrument for through the holes 5 5 and are bent then by setting the device may be the ordinary stapling engaging the rod against the inside of the clip fi p the f g i s fi when the clip is set the arms are retained on evlce may 6 p ace y an a e pom the rigid material of the clip and fasten the fell 9 Its attachment to the cover and the and clip very tightly together. When the leaves mg of It to the cover completed by smgle 3, 3, are pressed down on the rod 2, the staple Squeezing of the handle of the pliers- Without may be placed so that it is not seen, because its undue haste a Worker can finish Setting my back may lie entirely beneath the rod 2, and the vices in two umbrellas in a minute, in continuous h 22 I arrange t t be so placed h I use 50 work. While I do not claim the stapling device my clip i a tice, in s application, I have illustrated its opera- The clip is usually of malleable sheet metal, tion in showing the advantages of my device. may be chromium or otherwise plated, and may The drawing and the detailed description below be polished and is scarcely noticeable in the are also illustrative. Details therein, not reopen, complete umbrella. If properly made and 55 set it lies smoothly and closely upon the rib, has no discernible fastening to the cover although it is tightly indeed immovably secured to it, and the attachment between it and the cover is practically unobservable, especially when the staple passes through a fell.

Some changes may be made in the device as shown and described above without departing from my invention and, accordingly, I do not limit my invention to less than is claimed.

I claim:

1. A fastening for securing the fabric of the cover and ribs of an umbrella together at a point part way between the top notch and the rib tip, comprising a cliphaving a pair of leaves with the inside of the clip, and a back lying against the fabric of the cover.

2. The device defined in claim 1, having the leaves extending sufficiently along the rib to immovably clasp the clip to the rib.

JOHN A. MAXWELL, JR. 

